I am happy with it but it's being wasted at the moment using it to commute. I'm really glad I decided to keep the Versys for the daily grind.

I'm not relaxed enough on it at the moment. With the house move and the shit weather I've not had a chance to go for a ride for the sake of it and spend some time learning how to use it. Weaving a tall bike through traffic in the dark when it's raining is not much fun and I'm still a bit cautious when I'm corning. That said when I have been able to get on the back roads I'm a bit more relaxed and the ride flows better. Probably because I'm not looking around for the next car to try and take me out.

I'm glad I had the slides this morning and I felt the TC at play. I know what it feels like now and it's made me a bit more relaxed.

It is massively different to anything I've owned before. It's one of the reasons I bought it. I think it's too easy to hop from one bike to the next if they're similar. I don't think you test yourself or learn anything (that's not a dig at anyone who has owned the same bike for a few years ) so it's going to take me time to switch from being able to just riding it to gelling with it. I plan to own it for a while so there's no rush to feel as if I should be doing the Dakar by January.

It took me some time to learn how to best ride the Versys and I can have a real giggle on that now, whereas it felt a bit slow and heavy when I first got one.

But I am very impressed with it and have no regrets about buying it. That sound alone makes it worth owning.

Nah, me testing the bike out. Not far from home there's a big straight on a quiet country road so I put the bike through the gears then near the end slammed on the brakes to see how quickly it can stop.